TY - JOUR
T1 - Going Beyond Traits
T2 - Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills Matter for Adolescents’ Success
AU - Soto, Christopher J.
AU - Napolitano, Christopher M.
AU - Sewell, Madison N.
AU - Yoon, Hee Jun
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - The present research addresses three key questions about social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills. First, how do SEB skills relate with the Big Five traits and Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) core competencies? Second, how do SEB skills relate with consequential outcomes in adolescence? Third, do SEB skills provide incremental validity beyond personality traits? Results from a diverse sample of high school students (N = 897) indicate that SEB skills converge with the Big Five traits and CASEL competencies in expected and conceptually meaningful ways. Analyses of self-reported and school-reported outcomes extend SEB skills’ nomological network by showing that they predict academic achievement and engagement, occupational interests, social relationships, civic engagement, and well-being. Finally, tests of incremental validity indicate that SEB skills provide unique information beyond personality traits and that this information matters for predicting outcomes during adolescence. These findings advance our understanding of the nature, correlates, and consequences of SEB skills.
AB - The present research addresses three key questions about social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills. First, how do SEB skills relate with the Big Five traits and Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) core competencies? Second, how do SEB skills relate with consequential outcomes in adolescence? Third, do SEB skills provide incremental validity beyond personality traits? Results from a diverse sample of high school students (N = 897) indicate that SEB skills converge with the Big Five traits and CASEL competencies in expected and conceptually meaningful ways. Analyses of self-reported and school-reported outcomes extend SEB skills’ nomological network by showing that they predict academic achievement and engagement, occupational interests, social relationships, civic engagement, and well-being. Finally, tests of incremental validity indicate that SEB skills provide unique information beyond personality traits and that this information matters for predicting outcomes during adolescence. These findings advance our understanding of the nature, correlates, and consequences of SEB skills.
KW - adolescence
KW - noncognitive skills
KW - personality traits
KW - social and emotional learning
KW - socioemotional skills
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U2 - 10.1177/19485506221127483
DO - 10.1177/19485506221127483
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139470562
SN - 1948-5506
VL - 15
SP - 33
EP - 45
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
IS - 1
ER -